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Have owned 3, all excellent guitars, still have one and no plans
to part with it. Crack at sound hole just above top edge pick guard is
something I've seen on a number of D30s, an example of which
can be seen here. No neck angle issues on any of the ones I've owned.

As this was after FMIC bought them I was curious if there were any changes or other issues to worry about.

It is generally considered an urban myth that there were negative changes to production and product quality when FMIC operated Guild. There were changes in specs and models were introduced and retired but there is no evidence that they started using lower grade woods or cut corners or made and implemented decisions based on cost that negatively effected the product.

Go for it, Bernie! I own a '98 D30 AB and absolutely love it! No issues except some feedback here and there when plugged in. I got a Lutehole sound hole cover and it helped greatly with this issue. One thing that I do notice about my D30 (and I've mentioned it before on LTG) is that the depth of the guitar seems to be deeper than my other dreads. In other words, it's a very BIG bodied dread! Good luck!
Tony
'84 D40 NT
'87 D50 NT
'96 D4 NT
'98 D25 12 string
'98 D30 AB
'00 Taylor 414ce

Go for it, Bernie! I own a '98 D30 AB and absolutely love it! No issues except some feedback here and there when plugged in.

Suspect that's largely due to they're known capacity to sustain "for days".
For Bernie's insight:
I have a buddy who has a '74 G-37, the "original" model of the D-30, same basic maple arched back formula.
Single best acoustic I ever heard in person in my life.
When plugged in, with a sound hole pickup, he could literally make that a note or body resonance voice sustain continuously by carefully positioning himself in relation to the amp and adjusting position slightly as feedback started creeping in.
In a thread about D30's I think every single owner acknowledge that sustain capacity.
For further insight re Westerly under Fender, we had a member here, Hideglue I think it was, who was there at the time.
He mentioned once that Guild QC under Fender was the highest it ever got, in terms of percentage of instruments passing initial QC, because Fender implemented a checklist system to ensure no QC steps were missed during construction from start to finish.